A progress report on studies on Trichoptera of the Eastern Mediterranean Islands

Abstract

The investigation programme which started in 1971, concerns the ecology, systematics and zoogeography of the Trichoptera of the Mediterranean region. Field work was carried out in Crete (April-May 1971, September-October 1972, July-August 1974), Cyprus (April-May 1974), Andros (May 1973), Euboea (May 1974), and on each of these occasions field studies were also made in several mountainous regions of Peninsular Greece. Colleagues also made available material from the islands of Thasos, Limnos, Samothraki, Ikaria, Chios, Rhodos and Karpathos. In continuation of the programme, trips are planned to Libya, the Baléares, and to as many as possible of the islands of the Aegean. Most promising in this respect are Naxos, Paros, Tinos, Samos, Chios, Kos and Lesbos. The field methods include collection of adults with nets and light traps, aquatic stages with nets and bottom-samplers, temperature recording, chemical analysis of water, and photographic documentation of the biotopes. The preliminary results are summarized below.

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